Responsible practices that ensures you remain productive as a gambler

[Betwrong]

I can say I am a gambler but I don't actually prioritize gambling. I gamble only when there is extra money from my payday, but there are times that I ended up paycheck to paycheck so even if I want to, but there is no extra means to gamble.

I can say the same about myself. Gambling is a good form of entertainment for me, so I spend $15 per week on it, but rarely more than that. Is it productive? Absolutely. Even if I lose those money completely, I don't regret my gambling. I feel relaxed, I feel rested after that hard day’s work, and work more efficiently afterwards.

And I always set my gambling activities only during weekends, that is if I have spare money to spend. And during gambling, whether it ended up a win or loss, I stick to my budget. I don't go chasing my wins or losses, because for sure I'll be in the losing end if ever I entertain that greed inside of me.

That's were we differ. I gamble almost every day, but it rarely take more than an hour. Sometimes it can be just 20 minutes of spinning slots.

[Achalugo BTC]

Honestly, some people are the cause of their problems. The instruction is clear: "Gamble for Fun." But some gamblers won't adhere to that instruction. Instead, they will treat gambling as a means of earning money, even when they are aware that the game can never be predicted or controlled by anyone. This can lead them to become addicted to the game, and this might affect their lives and their personal relationships if they are not careful. That is why people are always told to treat gambling as a form of entertainment or a way to have fun, which can also help maintain their peace of mind and protect their relationships with their loved ones.

[Filicius]

I'll go first:
I only gamble after the day's work, mostly at night and to ensure this, I have a separate device which only it has my gambling apps, I don't take it to work, lest I'll be tempted, I also put it away on days I work from home.

Again I have a time that my gambling must end, as soon as it's 11PM and my sleeping alarm goes off, any gambling activity comes to an end and continues next evening if possible, with the exception of my holidays. It's difficult and painful most times, but keeping to it has really helped.

I have a strict budget for the month and I distribute it in a very measured way, avoiding any type of deviation from the pre-established plan. In addition, I never ever gamble from my smartphone: I am convinced that this could be a key factor in losing control of my habits, due to the constant availability and proximity of this device.

[MArsland]

I'll go first:
I only gamble after the day's work, mostly at night and to ensure this, I have a separate device which only it has my gambling apps, I don't take it to work, lest I'll be tempted, I also put it away on days I work from home.

Again I have a time that my gambling must end, as soon as it's 11PM and my sleeping alarm goes off, any gambling activity comes to an end and continues next evening if possible, with the exception of my holidays. It's difficult and painful most times, but keeping to it has really helped.

To be honest I haven't been able to implement a disciplined gambling style like this, but to minimize it I have never held money in an online account. I even deliberately created an account account that can only be accessed by visiting a bank, not tying it to an online application. It makes money cannot be bothered in any way to gamble.
My betting budget is limited to a week only 2x, and about the time I relatively Gamble according to momentum, especially football betting (placing a bet a few hours before the game starts and then forget it).

[Hispo]

I'll go first:
I only gamble after the day's work, mostly at night and to ensure this, I have a separate device which only it has my gambling apps, I don't take it to work, lest I'll be tempted, I also put it away on days I work from home.

The only problem I have with that advice is how people can easily gambling very late at night if they don't have enough discipline to know when to stop, that gets translated to people not sleeping enough and as a result they under perform at work and they risk losing their livelihood.

Because of that, I would argue that the ideal time to gamble would be on weekends, so even if one gets carried away by one's session, next day will serve us to rest, so we can be prepared and rested for the beginning of the next working week.

Just my two Satoshis on this matter, though.

[Agbamoni]

Most people are underperforming in their jobs, some have been fired already from their jobs and some who are into business lost lots of clients and their businesses stalled. It's possible to find good practices to maintain focus on personal productivity as a gambler.

Anything that will make someone get fired from their job due to underperformance and unproductivity as a result of gambling is addiction. A responsible person will never prioritize gambling over his source of income. The amount of time we put into work should exceed the time we spend on things we do for fun.

I'll go first:
I only gamble after the day's work, mostly at night and to ensure this, I have a separate device which only it has my gambling apps, I don't take it to work, lest I'll be tempted, I also put it away on days I work from home.

I'm still wondering how long people spend gambling. I only gamble on matchdays. And it doesn't exceed 30 minutes. I'm done with selecting the games and placing a bet.

[KiaKia]

Gamble only on your free hours, it shouldn't be that hard, if a sport match is coming you can easily log into your account and place the bet then go back into your daily routine like nothing happened.

Gambling shouldn't be interfering with your business or jobs, also the shortest time you spent on a casino the better, it's one of those ways of staying in responsible state as a gambler.

Don't over complicate it, there is no strategy that can make you a responsible gambler than keeping everything under control, with zero greed.

[jcojci]

Agree that we must set our gambling activity so that will not makes us in trouble. The ability to control ourselves in gambling will not let you deeper in gambling because you know gambling is just an activity, same as others which you need to control.

You can set time to gamble, follow it and not gamble if you are in your busy day. If you familiar with gambling and gambled for a long time before, sometime that is difficult to control the temptation coming to you. If you realize gambling is part of your activities, you will not play gambling if you do not have time for it. You must be responsible to your gambling activity and only use it for fun.

[Supreme Donvic]

Honestly, some people are the cause of their problems. The instruction is clear: "Gamble for Fun." But some gamblers won't adhere to that instruction. Instead, they will treat gambling as a means of earning money, even when they are aware that the game can never be predicted or controlled by anyone. This can lead them to become addicted to the game, and this might affect their lives and their personal relationships if they are not careful. That is why people are always told to treat gambling as a form of entertainment or a way to have fun, which can also help maintain their peace of mind and protect their relationships with their loved ones.

Majority of those who are gambling are not gambling for fun anymore they are gambling because they want to make money, gambling for money making is the reason why a lot of people have become addicted to gambling, if you are gambling just because you want to make money from it you will also want to recover all the money you have lost and that is how you will get addicted to gambling.

People will never learn, I know people who have lost huge amount of money that they were supposed to use for something important and what surprises me is that they are still gambling to become rich, they have not leant their lesson.

Gambling to get money is not bad what is bad is wanting to become rich or wealthy with gambling.

[Ever-young]

Your idea are actually valid and helpful but if you’ll ask of my opinion; I’ll say you should treat it as though it’s not important. Now how do you do it ;
 prioritize every penny. Always make sure the money is not too much to invest in something that’s not important, how does this help?; you don’t get to scatter the round figures in your balance because you’ll feel like it’s not worth it.

Gamble without expectations and when it’s really comes, treat it as a bonus from purchasing a slot.
Now this winning do come sometimes, just count it as luck, and don't try again if it is your limit for the day. And if it’s not, pocket your initial capital, and gamble with the profit, if you loose, you’ve only wasted you time but your capital is saved.

Always think of the negative side first before positive side. That will leave you an amount of discouragement that the moment you gamble and loose you just feel Like you already knew it and interest will keep dying.

Associate with people that detest gambling i don’t have to explain this.

Always calculate how much you’ve spent on gambling monthly, you may probably argue with yourself if you’re sane

And finally, create a plan with your gambling budget, each time you want to gamble, split the money into two, use one to gamble and save the other differently. To the part you used for gambling take note of your loses and profits, keep both records and savings. Maybe by the end of the month, you’ll probably find a reason to quit.

[Nightwatchmare]

I gamble during the weekends. There are times that I gamble during the weekdays but it is not frequently and that will be because I am not busy that day.

I relate with this, weekend are more feasible for me since most sports games are held on weekends. The rules in my offices space prevents staff from gambling during working hours, the penalty is instant dismissal, so it helps put me in check during work hours. I also had a longtime principle of making gambling the last thing on my priority list. I also make it a point of duty not to gamble when I'm discussing with my girlfriend or nuclear family, it's more respectful and courteous that way. I lost a great deal of money and opportunities due to gambling and pornography, so I learned to be focused on productive tasks the hard way.

I gamble more during the weekends aswell because of the reason you stated. Someone that loves gambling or that is addicted to gambling cannot maintain your office rules of not gambling during working hours, so it is not your office rules that prevent you from gambling during work hours but your discipline and strategy you use when gambling. Anyone who is gambling while discussing with his girlfriend or nuclear family is addicted to gambling, and the person should be worry how to break out from his addiction before it will be too late.

[MAAManda]

I'll go first:
I only gamble after the day's work, mostly at night and to ensure this, I have a separate device which only it has my gambling apps, I don't take it to work, lest I'll be tempted, I also put it away on days I work from home.

Again I have a time that my gambling must end, as soon as it's 11PM and my sleeping alarm goes off, any gambling activity comes to an end and continues next evening if possible, with the exception of my holidays. It's difficult and painful most times, but keeping to it has really helped.

I think our ways are not different, I also will only gamble when all my work is finished, it helps me avoid messing up the work side of things. The reason for that is I once suffered a setback before my work was finished & I ended up getting scolded by my boss. That was one of my bitter experiences & I don't want to repeat that incident. I don't set a time limit for gambling; work comes first. Once all the work is done, there are no more obstacles.

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

In this thread, I'll want us to discuss some behavioural modifications that we put up to ensure we're not being consumed by our desire to gamble and how we are able to control it in order to remain productive as a person, you can share some of it with us, some people can find what appeals to them and pick up one or two ideas.

I'll go first:
I only gamble after the day's work, mostly at night and to ensure this, I have a separate device which only it has my gambling apps, I don't take it to work, lest I'll be tempted, I also put it away on days I work from home.

Again I have a time that my gambling must end, as soon as it's 11PM and my sleeping alarm goes off, any gambling activity comes to an end and continues next evening if possible, with the exception of my holidays. It's difficult and painful most times, but keeping to it has really helped.

Self discipline is the most important factor that can make you not let gambling addiction ruined your life. Because one of the mistakes some people make is placing gambling as a primary priority over every other things, such as family, friends and career, which is very bad. As gambling was meant to be a secondary, tertiary priority or if possible not even a priority at all, since it is game of chance whose outcome is unpredictable. So my own advice about  the tips to behavioral modification we can do to avoid been tempted to gamble always is to effective plan how you intend to spend your money either weekly or monthly, and allocated a certain amount you will like to use for gambling, of which if the money gets exhausted, you automatically stop for that period.

[Queen uloma]

I agree that gambling isn’t suppose to become number one activity in a person’s life. If gambling is making a person to ignore their work, important responsibilities or their family, then the person needs to change. Setting a clear time for gambling can really help.

 I prefer to only gamble after when I’m done with my important work, and once it’s time for me to stop I will stop regardless of if I win or lose. It will be difficult some times but this kind of discipline can help gambler to remain productive and still gamble wisely.

[Itz-prisigold]

Honestly, some people are the cause of their problems. The instruction is clear: "Gamble for Fun." But some gamblers won't adhere to that instruction. Instead, they will treat gambling as a means of earning money, even when they are aware that the game can never be predicted or controlled by anyone. This can lead them to become addicted to the game, and this might affect their lives and their personal relationships if they are not careful. That is why people are always told to treat gambling as a form of entertainment or a way to have fun, which can also help maintain their peace of mind and protect their relationships with their loved ones.

You are totally right about people viewing gambling as a form of entertainment, but I believe there's another thing that most gamblers don't really consider.  Even if a person is not gambling just for the money, but the individual is actually putting too much time or money into gambling or probably even letting gambling get in the way of work, sleep or time that person is supposed to spend with family.

What is really important for me is not why I am gambling in the first place, but also the fact that I need to have some control over when I'm gamble and also know when to walk away.  Always setting boundaries can make a big difference, also a gambler should never go above he's limit, and most importantly never chase losses, trying to recover what you have lost will only make things worse.

[len01]

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then I took a bold step and made my girlfriend my accountability partner, she's not much into gambling, so has more control.

If your girlfriend does not really like gambling, do you sometimes gamble secretly without her knowing?

And what if you go on a losing streak while your girlfriend is not around? Would you still be able to control your emotions? After all, the hardest battle for a person is controlling their own emotions and impulses.

Sorry if I am asking too many questions.

[Rockson1]

Honestly, some people are the cause of their problems. The instruction is clear: "Gamble for Fun." But some gamblers won't adhere to that instruction. Instead, they will treat gambling as a means of earning money, even when they are aware that the game can never be predicted or controlled by anyone. This can lead them to become addicted to the game, and this might affect their lives and their personal relationships if they are not careful. That is why people are always told to treat gambling as a form of entertainment or a way to have fun, which can also help maintain their peace of mind and protect their relationships with their loved ones.

Indeed gambling is not the problem, rather gamblers are the reasons for what they face. the phrase, "nothing is certain in gambling" should have simplified everything for every gambler to comprend that, gambling should be approached as a game for entertainment, and if anyone decides to see it otherwise, then they should understand that winning was never promised, which means that they should gamble and accept the outcome they way it comes, without considering or allowing losses to influence them, people say gambling is bad, but I think extreme gamblers made it seem so.

[IjawMan]

Honestly, some people are the cause of their problems. The instruction is clear: "Gamble for Fun." But some gamblers won't adhere to that instruction. Instead, they will treat gambling as a means of earning money, even when they are aware that the game can never be predicted or controlled by anyone. This can lead them to become addicted to the game, and this might affect their lives and their personal relationships if they are not careful. That is why people are always told to treat gambling as a form of entertainment or a way to have fun, which can also help maintain their peace of mind and protect their relationships with their loved ones.

There are players that gambles for fun and still get onto battling addiction cause of a lack of discipline on the part of the gambler.

The mentality that if a gambler gambles for fun only he will not be addicted to gambling is not true, people can get very obsessed with what they have grown uncontrollable attachment to without equally realising it till it becomes a problem affecting other areas of their life such like their job performance, family time, and others.

The main thing is to be discipline and conscious of what you doing whether you are gambling to make profit or it is for the fun of it.

[Zigabel]

First off, this isn't a s thread of "gambling with what you can afford to lose", I'm not talking about how to reduce gambling loss.

In this thread, I'll want us to discuss some behavioural modifications that we put up to ensure we're not being consumed by our desire to gamble and how we are able to control it in order to remain productive as a person, you can share some of it with us, some people can find what appeals to them and pick up one or two ideas.

One habit i have inculcated in my gambling habit that has helped me has been with my funding, i gamble mostly online and so it has helped me with been able to modify my gambling habit such that i keep it under control, so schedule days of the week i will want to gamble and for those days, i also allocate certain amount with which i gamble, i try not to exceed the limited i have set for the day. Whenever i reach such limit, if I'm loosing, i stop and if I'm wining, i also set a limit to stop even if it take some sort of discipline to keep, i try to stay by it.

[Yeesha]

First off, this isn't a s thread of "gambling with what you can afford to lose", I'm not talking about how to reduce gambling loss.

I've come to observe that being able to control how gambling encouraged on important things helps gamblers remain productive in other areas of life, including career wise, this is at a time that most gamblers have prioritized gambling over their jobs, families, career, good relationships e.t.c because of over indulgence in gambling at a time they should be attending to other important tasks, some gamblers have made gambling the no.1 activity in their scale of preference and that's costing them a lot already to the extent they start losing interest in their jobs, doing their duties as parents and and other responsibilities.

Most people are underperforming in their jobs, some have been fired already from their jobs and some who are into business lost lots of clients and their businesses stalled. It's possible to find good practices to maintain focus on personal productivity as a gambler.

In this thread, I'll want us to discuss some behavioural modifications that we put up to ensure we're not being consumed by our desire to gamble and how we are able to control it in order to remain productive as a person, you can share some of it with us, some people can find what appeals to them and pick up one or two ideas.

I'll go first:
I only gamble after the day's work, mostly at night and to ensure this, I have a separate device which only it has my gambling apps, I don't take it to work, lest I'll be tempted, I also put it away on days I work from home.

Again I have a time that my gambling must end, as soon as it's 11PM and my sleeping alarm goes off, any gambling activity comes to an end and continues next evening if possible, with the exception of my holidays. It's difficult and painful most times, but keeping to it has really helped.

Is only an addict that would put gambling first above everything. How profitable it is for a responsible person to quit their job for gambling, by ignoring his responsibility, family and others things. Above everything, family should be our priority, and how do we prioritise our family? Is by working so hard to ensure that you provide them with their needs. It is hard to say a particular thing or practice that ensures that an individual remain productive as a gambler, because some gamblers always find a way to turn those practices around. Experiencing the toxic parts of gambling will make some people to learn and understand the decision that needs to be taken at a point.